Japa: UK Releases List of Companies Authorized to Sponsor Work Visa in 2023

UK Begins Barring Nigerian Students, Others from Bringing Dependants

The United Kingdom Home Office has announced that from Monday, January 1, 2024, it will implement its policy stopping Nigerian students and other overseas students from bringing their dependents via the study visa route. The update was disclosed in a post on the microblogging app, X. The Home Office, however, stated that only those on […]

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Christmas: Federal Government to Allow Nigerians with Expired Passports to Travel Home

The Federal Government has granted approval for Nigerians with expired passports who intend to return home for the Christmas and New Year celebrations to do so unhindered. In a letter dated 22nd December 2023 by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Wura-Ola Adepoju, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, through […]

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Federal Government Set to Slash Dana, Air Peace Airfares by 50%

There are reports that the federal government is planning to slash airfares by 50%. The report revealed that FG is working on providing subsidies to airlines in the country to help reduce the high cost of air travel. Festus Keyamo, the minister of aviation and aerospace development, is reported to have held a meeting with […]

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Air Peace Gives Reasons for the Astronomical Hike in Price of Tickets to the South East

Air Peace Gives Reasons for the Astronomical Hike in Prices of Tickets to the South East

Air Peace has given reasons for the high cost of flight tickets to the South Eastern Nigerian destinations. The explanation follows public outcry on the sudden exorbitant hike with the allegation that it was extorting South-Eastern travellers known to always travel back to their hometowns for the Christmas festivity. In a statement issued on Monday the […]

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Passengers Rushed to Hospital as Airplane Burst into Flames on Emergency Landing

An airplane was compelled to perform an emergency landing on a highway before erupting into flames in front of astonished drivers. A four-seater Diamond DA-40 light aircraft slammed into Interstate 26 in Asheville, near Asheville airport, North Carolina, at around 8.15pm on Thursday evening, December 14. The two people onboard, who have not yet been […]

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Airfare to Southeastern Nigeria Now Sell for as High as N533,600

Airfares to Southeastern Nigeria Now Sell for as High as N533,600

Reports just in say that airfare to southeastern destinations from Lagos now sell for N533,600. Some travellers adduce the astronomical increase to the Christmas rush when the Igbos are known to return home en mass for house warming, weddings, age grade meetings, town meetings etc. According to the Leadership newspaper, while other routes such as […]

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UK Announces Stricter Measures to Curb Migration

UK Home Secretary James Cleverly has unveiled new measures aimed at curbing migration into the country. Cleverly said he wants to slash arrivals by around 300,000 a year. To achieve this, he will be making it much harder for foreign workers to bring family members and hiking the minimum earnings needed to secure two key […]

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#Hardship Protest: US Embassy Issues Warning to Staff and Citizens

‘We Interviewed over 150,000 Nigerian Visa Applicants in 2023’ – US Embassy

The United States (US) Embassy in Nigeria has said more than 150,000 Nigerians had visa interviews in 2023. The US Embassy’s Charge d’affaires, David Greene, told reporters on Sunday that the demand for visa applications is more than the supply. The US official said this as it asserted that it is doing everything possible to […]

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Home Delivery of Passports to Commence in June

Immigration Service to Open More Passport Offices in UK, USA, Canada

Mrs Caroline Adepoju, the Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), has said the service is mapping out plans to open more passport service points to meet the needs of Nigerians in the Diaspora. She said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja that efforts were on to ease […]

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Korra Obidi Shares Moment She Read a Letter Allegedly Denying Her US Citizenship (video)

Korra Obidi, the popular Nigerian dancer, has shared a video online which showed the very moment she received news she had been denied a US citizenship. The mum of two had applied for American citizenship. She received a response from the US Department of Homeland Security to her application and decided to record the moment […]

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